Fly-net for horses



(No Model.)

SPH. GOOVER. Fly Net for Horses.

Patented Dec. 7,1880.

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PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL H. GOOVER, OF MEGHANIGSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

l-LY-NET FOR HORSES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 235,212, dated December'7, 1880. Application filed October 21, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL H. Ooovnn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mechanicsburg, in the .county of Cumberland and State ofPennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Fly-Nets forHorses, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to that class of leather fly-nets for horses inwhich thetlashes, as they are ordinarily termed, are passed throughholes in the leather strips or ribs to form a flynet in which the lashesare arranged in parallel lines and at right angles to the ribs.

Prior to my invention a leather fly-net has been produced in which thelash after being passed through a hole in therib has been sooured to thelatter by being wound once around therib and then passed underitselfbefore bein g carried on to the next rib. In otherinstances the lash hasbeen passed through a hole in the rib, and then after being carried oncearound the rib again passed through the same hole, after which the lashis then carried on to and connected with the next rib of the series in alike way. Again, the rib of aleatherfly-net has been provided with aline of holes or perforations arranged in pairs, and the lash passedthrough a hole of one of said pairs from one side of the rib, thencarried directly to and passed through the remaining hole of said pairof holes. after which it iscarried on to the next rib, the slipping ofthe ribs being prevented by friction between the ribs and lashes.

In constructing a leather fly-net in accordance with my improvement thelash is carried over and half-Way round the rib, then passed up throughone of a series of holesvin the latter, after which the lash is carriedback over itself, and thence passed forward under the rib and throughthe loop formed by that portion of the lash which is adjacent to thepoint where it enters the hole in the rib from the under side thereof.The knot thus formed is drawn tight and the lash carried on to the nextrib, with which it is connected in a like manner. It will be observedthat in this way the lash binds upon itself at two points, andthat theportions of the lash which are between the ribs are all in the directionof a right line.

In the drawings, Figure 1 shows a portion of one of the ribs of aleather fiy-net'with a lash passed through the rib and broughtaroundupon the same. Fig. 2 illustrates the knot formed by the lash accordingto my improvement, the knot being open. Fig. 3 is a like View with theknot drawn tight. Fig. 4. is a section on an enlarged scale, taken ontheline x a, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view of a section of a fly-netconstructed in accordance with my improvement.

The letter A refers to the usual leather strips or ribs of a fly-net,and B to the leather lashes, which are connected with the ribs so as tolie in parallel lines.

(1 refers to that portion of the lash which is first carried over thetop side, a, of the rib, and b to that portion of the lash which iscarried under the under side, a, of the rib, so as to form a loop beforebeing passed up through one of the holes D in the rib.

The letter- 1) indicates that portion of the lash which, after the lashhas been passed up through the said hole, is carried back over itself,as at b, and b refers to that part of the lash which is bound by theloop I) after the lash has been passed through the said loop and theknot so formed drawn tight.

A fly-net thus constructed is strong and simple and easily made.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- A leather fly-netin which the lash is carried over and half-way round the rib, nextpassed up through one of a series of holes in the latter, and thencarried back over itself, and thence passed forward under the rib andthrough the loop formed by the lash just before entering the lash at theunder side thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL H. GOOVER.

Witnesses:

J NO. K. SEIFERT, G. W. HAUOK.

